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Holborn 1904
Report for the year 1904 of the Medical Officer of Health
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TABLE X,—(continued).
| Date. | Name of Seller. | Address of Seller. | Offence. | Result. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 15 | Mr. L. Bottell | 61, Theobald's Road | Selling preserved peas mixed with .0123 per cent, of copper | Defendant convicted and fined 20s. and 2s. costs |
| „ „ | Do. | Do. | Selling preserved beans mixed with .0147 per cent, of copper | Defendant convicted and fined 40s, and £2. 2s. costs |
| „ 24 | Mrs. A. Shepard | 21, Full wood's Rents | Selling milk containing 10 per cent, of added water | Defendant convicted and fined 10s. and 12s 6d. costs |
| October 8 | Mrs. J. Daniells | 3, White Hart Yard | Selling milk adulterated with at least 19.0 per cent, of added water | Defendant convicted and fined £5 and 12s. 6d. costs |
| ,, 8 and 15 | Arnaldo Maffezzoni | 1, Betterton Street | Selling milk from which 9.3 per cent, of fat had been abstracted | Defendant convicted and fined £5 |
| „ 24 | David Jones | 13, Chapel Street | Selling milk containing 19.84 grains per gallon of boric acid | Warranty proved; summons dismissed |
| November 11 | Mrs. Kerslake | 8, Beaucbamp Street | Selling margarine unlabel led | Defendant convicted and fined 20s. and 12s. 6d. costs |
| December 6 | Barham & Marriage | 9, High Holborn | Selling brandy deficient in esters to the extent of at least 44 per cent. | Defendant convicted and fined £5 and £10. 10s. costs |
| „ „ | F. J. Sanders | 4, Southampton Buildings | Selling brandy deficient in esters to the extent of at least 40 per cent. | Defendant convicted and fined £2 and £2. 2s. costs |
| „ „ | R. C. Johnson | 31, Newton Street | Selling brandy deficient in esters to the extent of at least 68 per cent. | Defendant convicted and fined £2 and £1. 1s. costs |
TABLE XI.
Meteorology of London, 1904.
(Deduced from observations at Greenwich under the superintendence of the Astronomer Royal.)
| 1904. | Air Temperature. | Bright Sunshine. | Rain and other formsofPrecipitation. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean of— | Mean of A. and B. | Difference from Average. + | Total possible. | Total observed. | Difference from Average + | Number of days. | Total fall. | Difference from Average. + | ||
| a. | B. | |||||||||
| Minimum. | Maximum. | |||||||||
| Q | hrs. | hrs. | hrs. | ins | ins. | |||||
| January | 33.8 | 43.7 | 38.7 | + 0.2 | 258 | 26.4 | -2.9 | 16 | 2.51 | + 0.52 |
| February | 34.5 | 44.4 | 39.4 | - 0.1 | 287 | 50.9 | - 1.9 | 19 | 2.55 | + 1.07 |
| March | 33 .7 | 47.3 | 40.5 | -1.2 | 367 | 85.0 | -4.9 | 12 | 1.36 | - 0.10 |
| April | 40.7 | 57.7 | 49.2 | + 2.0 | 414 | 145.3 | + 7.9 | 13 | 1.01 | - 0.65 |
| May | 45.4 | 62. 0 | 53.7 | + 0.6 | 482 | 135.8 | - 46.0 | 14 | 1.92 | - 0.08 |
| June | 48.6 | 68.4 | 58.5 | - 0.9 | 494 | 198.2 | + 15.3 | 8 | 0.87 | -1.15 |
| July | 55.2 | 77.3 | 66.2 | + 3.8 | 497 | 273.6 | + 88.2 | 14 | 2.23 | -0.24 |
| August | 51.8 | 73.0 | 62.4 | + 0.8 | 450 | 232.9 | + 60.8 | 8 | 1 34 | - 1.11 |
| September | 46.9 | 64.7 | 55.8 | - 1.4 | 378 | 164.7 | + 30.0 | 11 | 1.34 | -0.91 |
| October | 43. 6 | 57.5 | 50. 6 | + 0.6 | 330 | 75.9 | - 8 .7 | 16 | 1.74 | - 1.07 |
| November | 36.7 | 47.5 | 42.1 | - 1.1 | 265 | 46.0 | + 3.4 | 11 | 1.65 | - 0.62 |
| December | 35.6 | 44.9 | 40.3 | + 0.6 | 244 | 23.9 | - 1.1 | 23 | 2.25 | + 0.48 |
| Year | 42.2 | 57.4 | 49.8 | + 0.3 | 4,466 | 1458.6 | + 140.1 | 165 | 20.67 | - 3.86 |
+ The averages used are obtained from observations extending over 50 years for Rain and Temperature,
and 16 years for Sunshine